Variable holding php code....

[ActaNonVerba1]

Hey guys im making a PHP page using PHP

 

So i have this

			#####################################################
		#                Make the PHP page                  #
		#####################################################

		$PHPCode = "
		<?php 
		//Title of page used to select the correct record from the database
		$Title = '".$Name."';
		//Use the database information stored in this file
		include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/MySQL/Lighthouses-Database-Connection-Information.php');
		//Take the information from the database using the method in this file
		include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/MySQL/Retrieve-Information.php');
		//Process the information using the methods in this file
		include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/MySQL/Processing.php');
		//Use the layout HTML held in this file
		include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/MySQL/PageCode-Lighthouse-Information-Page.php');
		//Display the page code made. Resulting in the page displayed.
		echo $pagecode;
		?>
		";

 

However, i keep getting syntax errors, possibly due to the fullstops. How shall i get round this?!

 

Danny

[BlueSkyIS]

post the error so we know what it is.

[Jessica]

You're trying to set a variable that doesn't exist inside a string.

Set your variables, then include all the files. Don't try to put your code in a string and echo it....

[kenrbnsn]

What is the exact error you're getting?

 

Ken

[gizmola]

Well let's get down to it... if you want to actually do something with that code other than display it, you're going to need to use eval().  With that said, eval() is one of the most dangerous functions in the language from an exploit vector -- right up there with the url wrappers built into include().  Any mistake that allows people to inject their own code, and you've given the the power to do anything that apache can do on your server. 

[ActaNonVerba1]

Its just PHP code i want to fwrite into a file.

 

Im just getting Syntax errors in DW, but havnt uploaded it yet...

[trq]

Its just PHP code i want to fwrite into a file.

 

Why would you want to do this?

[ActaNonVerba1]

This script makes other PHP pages and this is the basic source code of the page that is being created. The only difference on each page is the $Name in the $Title var.

 

So yes i need $PHPCode to hold this data. But for some reason, i cannot work out how to use quotes to get it to work, and i can seem to escape the . [full stop] and i think this is causing syntax errors....

 

 

 

[trq]

This script makes other PHP pages

 

Again, why would you want/need to do this?

[ActaNonVerba1]

Doesn't matter now Decided to use a file with the PHP as plain text and then use ob_contents.

[gizmola]

FWIW, part of your problem is that you were using double quotes.  When you use double quotes for a string, you're telling PHP to interpolate (do variable replacement" of any php variables.  To not make that happen, you would have to use single quotes.